O Sister, Where Art Thou (for Ashley Dupree)

Date: 2009

“Hooker. Whore. Prostitute. Those words have a way of making people uncomfortable, especially women. One would think that reaction would inform, for in it lays the truth of the matter: there are no words more fearful for a woman to bear, because they know “everyone knows” that prostitutes occupy the lowest rung on the socioeconomic ladder.”